UPDATE OF THE NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE STRATEGY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00981R000200180005-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 17, 2013
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: September 1, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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1. Attached, for your information, is the summary of
major intelligence issues for the 1990s which we provided
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31 August 1988
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Planning and Policy Office
Intelligence Community Staff
COMPT 88-1346
SUBJECT: Update of the National Foreign Intelligence Strategy
1. Among the issues that the Intelligence Community will face over the
next decade, we believe that the 11 listed below will present the greatest
challenges:
Counternarcotics. Narcotics production and trafficking threatens the
fabric of US society and undermines the stability of foreign
governments. The Community must have a strong capability to collect
and analyze information on narcotics production and trafficking;
traffickers' financial networks; and foreign government attitudes
toward the problem. We must identify ways to use our unique
capabilities to mount active and effective programs aimed at the
narcotics traffickers.
Developments in the Soviet-Union. The Community must be able to
provide comprehensive, accurate, reliable, and timely collection and
analysis on the political, economic, and military changes under way in
the Soviet Union under General Secretary Gorbachev and assess the
impact of those changes on US national security. We will need to
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Skilled Workforce. The attractiveness of private sector careers
continues to hamper our abilities to hire the highly skilled and
motivated personnel the Intelligence profession demands. In
particular, the Community must pay particular attention to attracting
and retaining qualified minorities.
Support Infrastructure. Successful responses to future challenges
assume the existence of an infrastructure to provide secure
workspaces, modern communications and computer facilities, and general
logistical support. These capabilities must not be allowed to
deteriorate.
2. Please let me know if you need anything further on this subject.
cc: EA/Executive Director
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SUBJECT: Update on the National Foreign Intelligence Strategy
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1 - C/IG
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1 - C/SUG
1 - C/BMG
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(31 Aug 88) (Compt 88-1346) (DCompt #1539)
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